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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!Option 2: Task: Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages #3) by Jules Verne
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1864)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 220
READ 60 10.4 Two Authors All Dressed in White
Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
Point 10
Total 10
SALLY M.25.1 My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 2: Task A (Space Opera list, page 1) + Task B (author name with at least 3 parts)
Deathstalker by Simon R. Green
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Deathstalker is a Big Book (571 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Cindy FTask 20.9 Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: Set in Germany
The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
Points this post:20
Total points:25
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Task 25.4 - The Masked Singerone book option: 500+ pages
options 2&3: read a book that is set in Africa and whose author first & last initials are found in TACO
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigeria/Biafra setting
CA initials
I read the kindle, MMPB: L'Autre moitié du Soleil 663 pages - claiming BB tix
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310 points
4 BB tix
1 GO tix
Jasmiina F20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip:
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) are found in RED SOX SUCK:
Eksyneiden jumala by Stephen King.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Suzannesea15.6 Best New Artist
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson was first published in 2019. Jacqueline Woodson is a new author for me.
Points this post: 15
Total poins to date: 115
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8 Spring Is In The Air
Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair by Steven Herrick
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 9/51
Books read: 10
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 It's Spring!
Blood Ties by Barbara Fradkin.
TIES is the word.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 10/51
Books read: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 Eurovision Song Contest
Song is: "L'oiseau et l'enfant" by Marie Myriam
Book 1: Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda.
Book 2: He Is the Monster by Amie Ellis.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 11/51
Books read: 13
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 2: Cli-Fi: Cli-Fi Climate Change Fiction (page 1)
Book chosen: Dune
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 688 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 160
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space OperaOption 1, Book 1, Task A: Read a book found on a Listopia with Space Opera in the title.
Book chosen: Old Man's War
List chosen: Best_Space_Opera_of_the_21st_Century (page 1)
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 355 pages
Option 1, Book 2, Task B:
Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads.
Book chosen: House of Earth and Blood
Format read: audio and ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 803 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 185
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 Going Gaga
Option 2: The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 12/51
Books read: 14
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option A: iDrakula by Bekka Black
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 13/51
Books read: 15
DISREGARD POST! Second book doesn't meet the requirements! 25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Book 1: Option 4 - Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
Book chosen: Poirot Investigates
Format read: audio and ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 265 pages
Book 2: Option 5- Read a book with a page count between 182 – 228.
Book chosen: Killing Gravity
Format read: audio and ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 176 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 210
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote by Tina Cassidy.
Option 5: Watches and Warnings by Ryan Wolf
200 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 14/51
Books read: 17
DISREGARD THIS POST! WILL POST WITH BOOKS THAT FIT THE PROMPT!25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Book 1: Option 1 - Read the book which inspired the playlist you chose.
Book chosen: Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility
Playlist: What Would Jane Austen Do?
Format read: ebook, ARC NetGalley (graphic novel)
Number of pages printed edition: 308 pages
Book 2: Option 2 - Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
Book chosen: Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
Song: Still Into You - Paramore
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 240 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 235
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
Task 30.4 - Musical MnemonicsOption B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Bass Clef lines (G-B-D-F-A): Read a book by a single male author with a male main character. The character must be listed as a character in the book's metadata or the book's description on its Goodreads main page.
Required: Include the name of the male main character in your post.
Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O'Hara (Paperback, 240 pages)
Main Character: Mr. Julian English
** Appointment in Samarra is a Golden Oldie, published in 1934**
Book 2: Bass Clef spaces (A-C-E-G): Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals from this list: Composers of Musicals. The name must match exactly but may be in any position.
Required: Include the name of the composer from the list in your post.
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Albino's Treasure (The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (2015) by Stuart Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 245 pages)
Composer: Leslie Stuart
15 + 30 = 45
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 15 + 30 = 45
Books read: 03
Pages read: 828
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Musical Mnemonics
Option A: Treble Clef
Book 1: Read a book with a five-word title. Subtitles should be ignored. I read The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson.
Book 2: Read a book with a cover showing only a face (ONE full human face). No body parts below the neck should be visible on the cover. I read Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan.
(cover approved in help thread at post #56).Total points so far: 155
Task 15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movieread a book by an author on the "Similar to" list
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Stroud is on the list
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325 points
4 BB tix
1 GO tix
LaureY30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 1 - Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE.
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Option 4 - Read a book from this list of TV Series Based on Crime Novels. Any whole number book in a series may be used.
They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie
Number 11 on the list
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185/825
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 10
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2: For this option, read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover.
Approved in help thread post #62
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 170
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
perletwo15.8 - It Starts with Music - Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
In the Heat of the Moment
Points this task: 15
Total points: 280
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 17
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5.5- Long Live Rock
LFAA in hALl FAme: Letters From An Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
total = 140
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15.3 - Going Gaga
option 2, one book MEAT EGG: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
total = 155
Mod
disregard
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15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
similar author Anthony Horowitz: Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz
total = 170
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20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
option A Popular Experimental Books page 1: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
total = 190
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20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
option 2, White gyrfalcon (2) inflight lower right, on cover:
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammertotal = 210
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25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
option 2, one book, 200 options, 500+
A, Best Space Opera of the 21st Century, page 1, #1
B, multi-part name
by James S.A. Corey, 572 pagestotal = 235
Andy P.Task # 10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Read a book with a single author whose name matches the name of one of the hosts of the American Music Awards
Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Donna matches Donna Summer host 1/25/82
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
REPOSTING to replace post #545:25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Book 1: Option 4 - Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
Book chosen: Poirot Investigates
Format read: audio and ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 265 pages
Book 2: Option 5- Read a book with a page count between 182 – 228.
Book chosen: Seven-Mile Miracle: Journey into the Presence of God Through the Last Words of Jesus
Format read: audio and ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 182 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 210
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
Julia10330.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 1: Murder in Midtown by Liz Freeland (author initials LF in FJELLVETTREGLENE)
Option 2: King Of Shadows (title starts with K)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8.0
This task: 30 points
Total points: 70
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
20.4 MomOPTION A.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Author's initials can be found in J. D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical MnemonicsOption A: Treble Clef
Book 1: Treble Clef lines (E-G-B-D-F): Every Good Boy Does Fine
𝄞 Read a book with a five-word title. Subtitles should be ignored.
I read The Luster of Lost Things This book was approved on the help thread.
Book 2: Treble Clef spaces (F-A-C-E): FACE (like the one holding your nose)
𝄞 Read a book with a cover showing only a face (ONE full human face). No body parts below the neck should be visible on the cover. A full face is defined as one in which two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are clearly visible.
I read
. this book was used as an acceptable example on the help thread.points: 10
books read; 7
tasks completed; 5
Big Books; 1
pages read; 2401
Barbara ★15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Required: State that the author is new to you when you post.
Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19
(new to me author, first published October 11, 2019)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 120
Kathy KS20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more. Required: State the date you added the book to your shelf when you post.
The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
Date Added: Apr 19, 2015
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?Option 1A, a book that has a title that includes all the letters of PARSLEY: The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller
Option 1B, a book whose author's initials appear PARSLEY: Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
MEGSCL20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: Bird cover
TOTAL TO DATE
120 points
2 big books
1 golden oldie
15.8 - It Starts with MusicA book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC: Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
10.3. It's Not Just the GrammysFlygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Host:Will Smith
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 230
Task 20.9 - Wagner's Ring Cycleoption 3: read a book with a three word title with initials in the phrase
Guilty Not Guilty
GN in NibelunGen
G in rinG
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345 points
4 BB tix
1 GO tix
5.3 - Susan B.Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books.
Book read: The Bluest Eye
How it fits: on page 2 of the list (tagged 1 time)
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Total points: 140
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
SALLY M.15.4 Celebrate Spring
Option 2: set in England AND author initials in CELEBRATE SPRING
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Joanne MI10.7. It Takes Two
April is Couple Appreciation Month – read a book with a 2 word title
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
Points this task 10
Total Points 50
Pat 🎵 10.8. Respect Your Elders
Task Description ~ Read a book originally published before 1950.
The Jungle by Upton SinclairCompleted ~ 2.19.20
Pages ~ 335
Publication Year ~ 1906
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 90
Tasks Completed ~ 6
Books Read This Season ~ 6
Pages Read This Season ~ 2211
5.2 - How Time FliesRead a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
I read ebook version of Rapid Falls (256 pages)
New Points: 5
Total Points: 60
Andy P.Task # 10.5. International Women's Day
Read a book that won or was shortlisted for the Stella Prize
The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Oma122915.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee.
Required: State the name of the Grammy artist when you post.
Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan Fraser King
The Emmy winner is Emily King as songwriter for the best R & B song.
Total Points-45/825
Total Tasks-4/51
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I read Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Horowitz appears on the similar authors page.
total points: 95